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Apple's Victory Sends Fear Through Android Ecosystem

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Anton Troianovski

Updated Aug. 24, 2012 11:08 p.m. ET

Apple Inc.'s decisive court victory over Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday further cements the company's dominance of the wireless industry and could accelerate the push by a variety of players to popularize a third alternative to the iPhone and to Google Inc.'s Android ecosystem.

The San Jose, Calif., jury's decision reinforces the Silicon Valley giant's status as the most powerful player in the mobile industry. For other...